Denial of Service Vulnerability in VMware Products
CVE-2008-1340

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 March 2008

Summary

The Virtual Machine Communication Interface (VMCI) in VMware products, including Workstation, Player, and ACE, contains a vulnerability that allows attackers to exploit specific crafted VMCI calls. This exploitation can lead to memory exhaustion and memory corruption, ultimately resulting in a denial of service that crashes the host operating system. Users of VMware versions prior to the specified updates are at risk and should apply necessary patches to mitigate this vulnerability.

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